2021
The structural basis of function and regulation of neuronal cotransporters NKCC1 and KCC2
Zhang S, Zhou J, Zhang Y, Liu T, Friedel P, Zhuo W, Somasekharan S, Roy K, Zhang L, Liu Y, Meng X, Deng H, Zeng W, Li G, Forbush B, Yang M. The structural basis of function and regulation of neuronal cotransporters NKCC1 and KCC2. Communications Biology 2021, 4: 226. PMID: 33597714, PMCID: PMC7889885, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-01750-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCryo-electron microscopy structureHuman NKCC1Microscopy structureEssential residuesFunctional characterizationKCC transportersPlasma membraneStructural basisTransepithelial saltTransport activityMechanistic understandingTransportersStructural studiesCritical roleCotransporter NKCC1Computational analysisIon transportWater transportNeuronal excitabilityNKCC1PhosphorylationCell volumeNKCCKCC2Residues
2013
Functional Expression of Human NKCC1 from a Synthetic Cassette-Based cDNA: Introduction of Extracellular Epitope Tags and Removal of Cysteines
Somasekharan S, Monette MY, Forbush B. Functional Expression of Human NKCC1 from a Synthetic Cassette-Based cDNA: Introduction of Extracellular Epitope Tags and Removal of Cysteines. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e82060. PMID: 24339991, PMCID: PMC3855340, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNa-K-Cl cotransporterEpitope tagYFP tagPlasma membraneMost animal cellsRemoval of cysteineOpen reading frameSilent restriction sitesHuman NKCC1Regulation of NKCC1Na-K-Cl cotransport activityHEK-293 cellsCellular homeostasisBiosynthetic machinerySynthetic cassetteAnimal cellsNovel cDNACysteine mutantsReading frameSynthetic cDNACysteine mutationsEndoplasmic reticulumFunctional expressionCotransport activityCDNA
2011
Regulatory Activation Is Accompanied by Movement in the C Terminus of the Na-K-Cl Cotransporter (NKCC1)*
Monette MY, Forbush B. Regulatory Activation Is Accompanied by Movement in the C Terminus of the Na-K-Cl Cotransporter (NKCC1)*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2011, 287: 2210-2220. PMID: 22121194, PMCID: PMC3265899, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.309211.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC-terminusFluorescence resonance energy transferNa-K-Cl cotransporterFRET decreasesSame C-terminusMost vertebrate cellsKey structural roleEmbryonic kidney cell lineYellow fluorescent proteinHuman embryonic kidney cell lineRegulation of NKCC1Vertebrate cellsKidney cell linePlasma membraneNKCC1 regulationN-terminusFluorescent proteinStructural roleRegulatory activationTransporter activationConformational changesTerminusTransport activityResonance energy transferHEK cells
1996
Immunocytochemical studies of the Na-K-Cl cotransporter of shark kidney
Biemesderfer D, Payne J, Lytle C, Forbush B. Immunocytochemical studies of the Na-K-Cl cotransporter of shark kidney. American Journal Of Physiology 1996, 270: f927-f936. PMID: 8764311, DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1996.270.6.f927.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNa-K-Cl cotransporterNa-K-ClBasolateral membraneCotransporter proteinBasolateral membranes of proximal tubulesNa-K-Cl cotransport proteinShark kidneyBasolateral plasma membraneDistal tubule segmentsApical plasma membraneShark rectal glandDistal nephronReabsorptive epitheliaNaCl reabsorptionPlasma membraneWestern blot analysisTubule segmentsProximal tubulesDiluting segmentWeak stainingShark Squalus acanthiasPresence of multiple isoformsDogfish shark Squalus acanthiasCotransporterMonoclonal antibodies
1992
The Na-K-Cl cotransport protein of shark rectal gland. I. Development of monoclonal antibodies, immunoaffinity purification, and partial biochemical characterization.
Lytle C, Xu J, Biemesderfer D, Haas M, Forbush B. The Na-K-Cl cotransport protein of shark rectal gland. I. Development of monoclonal antibodies, immunoaffinity purification, and partial biochemical characterization. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1992, 267: 25428-25437. PMID: 1460038, DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)74059-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalBenzophenonesBlotting, WesternCarrier ProteinsCell MembraneChloridesCholic AcidsChromatography, AffinityChromatography, High Pressure LiquidChromatography, Ion ExchangeDogfishElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelFluorescent Antibody TechniqueMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMolecular Sequence DataMolecular WeightPeptide FragmentsPotassiumRectumSebaceous GlandsSodiumSodium-Potassium-Chloride SymportersSulfanilamidesConceptsNa-K-Cl cotransport proteinNa-K-ClCotransporter proteinNa-K-Cl cotransporterMonoclonal antibodiesShark rectal glandLoop diureticsBasolateral membraneApical membraneTransport of NaRepresentative antibodiesCotransporterCoupled transport of NaAntibodiesPattern of recognitionTreated with N-glycanaseGland secretory cellsImmunoelectron microscopyCell membranePlasma membraneEpitopesPhysiological evidenceSecretory cellsProteolytic fragments
1988
Photoaffinity labelling of a 150 kDa (Na + K + Cl)-cotransport protein from duck red cells with an analog of bumetanide
Haas M, Forbush B. Photoaffinity labelling of a 150 kDa (Na + K + Cl)-cotransport protein from duck red cells with an analog of bumetanide. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 1988, 939: 131-144. PMID: 3349075, DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(88)90054-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDuck red cellsRed cellsSimultaneous presence of Na+Binding to intact cellsIncubation mediumDog kidney membraneConsistent with labelingDuck red blood cellsRed blood cellsBumetanideCotransporterRed cell membraneBlood cellsKidney membranesPresence of Na+DucksCellsCell membranePlasma membraneSDS-polyacrylamide gelsIntact cellsSDS-polyacrylamideProteinNorepinephrine
1983
Assay of Na,K-ATPase in plasma membrane preparations: Increasing the permeability of membrane vesicles using sodium dodecyl sulfate buffered with bovine serum albumin
Forbush B. Assay of Na,K-ATPase in plasma membrane preparations: Increasing the permeability of membrane vesicles using sodium dodecyl sulfate buffered with bovine serum albumin. Analytical Biochemistry 1983, 128: 159-163. PMID: 6303151, DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(83)90356-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaximal Na,K-ATPase activityAmount of membrane proteinNa,K-ATPase activityElectric organ of eelIsolated plasma membranesNa,K-ATPaseSodium dodecyl sulfate bufferK-ATPase activityPlasma membrane preparationsTransmembrane proteinsMembrane proteinsDetergent bufferPlasma membraneOptimal activityActivity of membranesBovine serum albuminMembrane vesiclesK-ATPasePermeability of membrane vesiclesDetergentDetergent activitySulfate bufferProteinVesicular natureSerum albumin